English Only Words Of Nahuatl Origin

[Michael Mccafferty]

It would seem that most if not all came to English from Spanish, as there
was scant or no contact between English speakers and Nahuatl speakers.
At the same time, it is not impossible that a few words came to English
through French, given the history of Mexico. But you will have
to do some fancy in-depth philological phootwork to phigure out if any
came into English directly from Nahuatl.

Best,

Michael McCafferty

On Thu, 30 Dec 1999, Marcos Ochoa wrote:

> Hello All,
>
> I while back I asked for spanish and english words of nahuatl origins. I would
> like to refine this list to english-only words of nahuatl origins. Or is it that
> ALL english words of nahua origins always come to us via a spanish "filter"?
>
> Regards,
> Marcos Romero-Ochoa
>


Michael McCafferty
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